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Judge disperses insurance money among OSU crash victims

Adacia Chambers enters the courtroom for a hearing in June 2016. [Oklahoman Archives Photo]

STILLWATER — A Payne County judge on Friday decided how to distribute the more than $100,000 remaining from Adacia Chambers' car insurance policy.

Chambers drove into a crowd during the 2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade. Farmers Insurance Company Inc. asked the judge earlier this year to choose how her liability coverage should be divided among the dozens of victims.

Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler was tasked with dispersing the money among more than 50 individual victims and about a dozen medical care and insurance providers listed in the initial petition. Ultimately, 15 individuals were awarded amounts between $2,500 and $16,679.

The judge didn't disperse any money to individuals that either didn't appear for Friday's hearing, abandoned their claim or withdrew their claim.

Chambers, now 27, pleaded no contest in January to four counts of second-degree murder and 39 counts of assault and battery by means or force likely to produce death. As part of a plea deal, she was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years.

Chambers drove through police barricades and into a crowd about 10:30 a.m. Oct. 24, 2015, at Main Street and Hall of Fame Avenue in Stillwater.

Killed in the crash were Marvin Stone, 65, a retired OSU professor; his wife, Bonnie Stone, 65, an OSU employee; Nikita Nakal, 23, a University of Central Oklahoma graduate student; and Nash Lucas, 2, the son of an OSU student.

The judge awarded the mother of Nash Lucas the highest amount, $16,679. The estate of Nikita Nakal was awarded $14,179.

The victims in the petition incurred medical expenses ranging from hundreds of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the document. Chambers' liability coverage capped at $100,000 for bodily injury and $50,000 for property damage, according to the petition.

Farmers already paid more than $37,000 to the city of Stillwater for a motorcycle and equipment that was damaged. The remaining $12,537 in coverage for property damage also was divided up by the judge.

Kyle Schwab

Kyle Schwab has been a reporter for The Oklahoman newspaper since 2013. He currently covers Oklahoma City courts. He graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a major in journalism. He lives in Edmond.
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